Phage conversion of exfoliative toxin A production in Staphylococcus aureus
Open Access
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 38 (4), 694-705
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02169.x
Abstract
The staphylococcal exfoliative toxins (ETs) are extracellular proteins that cause splitting of human skin at the epidermal layer during infection in infants. Two antigenically distinct toxins possess...Keywords
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